first horror flick

[tachii]

which was the first horror film you ever owned? my first was hellraiser purchased at the age of nine because i thought the scene where frank is ressurected by his brother larry's blood was really cool. so which was your first film, how old were you, and why did you choose it?

[Stingy Jack]

The first horror film I ever owned? Man ... that's a toughie. I recorded a lot of horror films from HBO when I was a kid ... that's usually how I got them. But I think the first horror film I actually went out and bought was The Fly remake with Jeff Goldblum. I bought it for two reasons: 1) I thought it was great. 2) Geena Davis was pretty hot back in the day, and she had that sex scene with Jeff (which is actually tame, but I was ... I dunno how old when I bought it).

[tachii]

yeah, i actually ran across a box of recorded VHS last night now that you mention it. strange how the world works, yes? anyway i still haven't had a chance to view them yet to see what i was into back in the day. i do remember that i had the first and second fly films but who knows if i'm lucky enough to find them in the 'ol box of gore. well, there may be hope yet;)

[orangestar]

What Lies Beneath when I was probly 12 or so. Because it was when I was afraid of gore and hated horror movies, and it is very tame. I also thought (and still think) Harrison Ford is one sexy mofo.

[Vodstok]

I had a video tape when i was 12 that i had reecorded Robocop, Aliens and Alien, in that order.

[ShankS]

this is a dificult one for me, simply because, when i was a kid, video players were a luxury home item, my dad did get us one eventually, it was the size of a garden shed and clunked like hell.

Films on tapes were also expensive and me not being old enough at the time to buy any decent horror, went without new films, and my parents wouldnt let us watch newish horror.

My dad did use to tape some of the old horror for us though, Boris Carloff, Peter Cushing and lots of the Hammer Horror stuff.

I reckon my first experience with real and proper horror, was when my older bro taped American Werewolf in london, we hid the tape and watched it when the parents went out..... some of it shit the life out of me lol

[zwoti]

probably a hammer film

[massacre man]

halloween 4 and 5

[movieman64]

VHS recorders were a big ticket item back then. They were using the fact that you could watch one program while recording another as a big selling point. Like ShankS said, VHS tapes were expensive and had no real time frame for when they would be released. I purchased my first VHS machine around 81 or 82. I remember well the first movies I purchased were Halloween and Friday the 13th part 2. They cost me around $60-70 for the pair.

[massacre man]

whoah...

[friday13thfan]

poltergist

[Stingy Jack]

Remember laser discs? LOL!

[Stingy Jack]

Originally posted by movieman64
VHS recorders were a big ticket item back then. They were using the fact that you could watch one program while recording another as a big selling point. Like ShankS said, VHS tapes were expensive and had no real time frame for when they would be released. I purchased my first VHS machine around 81 or 82. I remember well the first movies I purchased were Halloween and Friday the 13th part 2. They cost me around $60-70 for the pair.

My first machine was a Betamax. It had an awesome remote control that plugged in to the machine. We didn't get a VHS machine until the mid-to-late 80's.

[massacre man]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Remember laser discs? LOL!

what did laserdiscs do?




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[movieman64]

Originally posted by Stingy Jack
Remember laser discs? LOL!

You guys were talking about moving in another post. I just helped one of my wife's friends move and she had a laser disc player and several discs, (none Horror). Oh the memorys.

[Vodstok]

I actually heard this in a Suncoast video once... it explains why these people SEll movies as opposed to making them:

"Man, LAserdiscs were superior to DVDs in every way"

Yeah, they took forever to scan the correct track, they made 4 movies on laserdisc, and they were every bit as "easy" to store as an LP. :rolleyes:

[tachii]

i'd definately have to say that lazor disc was before my time friend being only familiar with VHS and DVD i'd say i honestly don't know. i have been looking for subspecies and since full moon went bankrupt i've only been able to find the series on lasor disc or VHS.

hey if anyone out there has the series on VHS is reasonably good condition would you be interested in a trade?

[bwind22]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[Egekrusher]

The Alien Trilogy (back before they made that stupid ass part 4) when I was about 12.

[carnage]

Texas Chainsaw Massacure 2

"This is fun, this is fun, hit him in the head! Hit him in the head!!"

That line haunted me (in a good way) for years

[Hate_Breeder]

Robocop if thats horror

[kpropain]

I used to tape stuff off of HBO and Cinemax also when I was a kid.... I think the first horror movie I actually bought was TCM or Friday the 13th....

[maximus]

Elm street part 3, i think. First horror film i ever saw that disturbed me was probably BRAIN DAMAGE at the tender age of 7!!!!!!! A pirate (bootleg) copy round my aunts house and my life was destroyed forever........i should sue.

[KRUGERKID13]

damn i always rented when i was little cause my parents wouldnt by movies but think it was ghost town or clown house

loved those movies wish i could find it em on dvd since my vhs's broke

[bloodygurl02]

first horror movie i think was childs play but the first one i watched the whole way through was NOES. i had a babysitter when i was younger taht loved scary movies and i was afraid of them so when i would b there i would watcha lil and hide at scary parts so i didn't finish watching chuckie at all :D and now of course i love them

[tachii]

i think the first horror film i ever watched was troll. i don't remember if i managed to sit through the entire thing but that was my first encounter with the wonderful world of horror. to this day i still don't know what the hell that movie was about. oh welll, i guess i have some catching up to do.

[Gravegirl666]

i remember beta...my parents bought beta tape player...lets see...i think it was the excorsist

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by Hate_Breeder
Robocop if thats horror

I would say it counts. I was 11 when i first saw it, and much of that movie fucked with my head pretty bad.


Murphy getting blown apart. That guy getting his balls blown off. (Satisfying, but still made me cringe)

The guy (Emile?) getting covered in toxic waste... That fucking haunted me for a while, made it hard to sleep the night i first saw it. "Help me!" (while wheezing horribly and melting........)

[tachii]

i don't remember that movie at all. i know we used to own it when i was younger but its been forever since i've seen it. same with the sequel.